Fillip — News & Events

Fillip Review Panel: February 2009February 13th, 2009

Fillip is pleased to present The Fillip Review Panel. Several times a year, art professionals will gather at our Vancouver office to discuss local, national, and international exhibition and events.

The second Fillip Review Panel will take place February 13th, at 7pm. In this edition, San Francisco-based art historian and critic Julian Myers will discuss sculpture under the influence of conceptualism in Los Angeles. Vancouver-based arts administrator and educator Sadira Rodrigues will review How Soon Is Now: Contemporary Art from Here at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The panel will be moderated by Johan Lundh.

Admission is $5 or free for students or with current Fillip subscription. Given space limitations, visitors are encouraged to arrive early to guarantee a seat. Please call 604.781.4417 for access.

About the SpeakersJulian Myers is an art historian and critic whose writing has appeared in Documents, October, Afterall, Frieze, and elsewhere. He is the author of numerous essays on the practices of Tariq Alvi, Trisha Donnelly, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Eric Wesley and the Independent Group, among others — most recently “Total Relaxation”, published in Sudden White: After London (Dexter Sinister 2008) and “Totality: a guided tour”, on Harald Szeemann’s 1983 exhibition The Tendency to a Synthesis of the Arts (Afterall, 2009). He is an assistant professor at California College of the Arts.

Sadira Rodrigues is an arts administrator, independent curator, and educator. Over the last decade, her curatorial practice has included Curator in Residence at Centre A, Assistant Curator for the 2004 Shanghai Biennale, and in 2010, she will be working on a project between Artspeak and Westcoast Line tentatively titled The Conflict of Culture. She has written for books, journals, and catalogues, including Vancouver Art and Economies, Thirdspace, Yishu, and Ciel Variable. She is currently the Director of Continuing Studies at Emily Carr University.

Johan Lundh is an independent curator and writer, dividing his time between Stockholm and Vancouver. He is the organizer and the host of The Fillip Review Panel.